3. Expect good things to happen.

As part of his research, Wiseman placed a large message in a newspaper which said "Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win £250." He then asked study participants to count how many photos were in the newspaper. People who characterized themselves as unlucky tended to miss his secret message, whereas self-described lucky people tended to find it. Optimism is a character trait that helped my husband know that regardless of where he was at the moment, things were soon going to change.